Abducens Palsy Following Shunting for Hydrocephalus
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Abducens palsy following shunting for hydrocephalus.
Over a period of 12 years, 80 patients underwent ventricular shunting for normal pressure hydrocephalus. Three developed sixth cranial nerve palsy in the first two weeks after surgery. This uncommon complication is usually transitory following the same pattern of abducens palsy after lumbar puncture or spinal anesthesia. Traction on the nerve with local ischemia has been involved as the respons...
متن کاملShunting for normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH).
BACKGROUND Since the condition was first described in 1965, the syndrome of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) has conventionally been managed by placement of a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt. OBJECTIVES To determine the effectiveness of shunting procedures in promoting stability or improvement in the neurological symptoms and signs of NPH. SEARCH STRATEGY The trials were identified from ...
متن کاملBenign Isolated Abducens Nerve Palsy
Cranial nerve VI (abducens nerve) innervates the lateral rectus muscle. Acquired isolated abducens nerve palsy in infants and children is a rare condition. A lesion of abducens nerve will result in esotropia greater at distance, an ipsilateral abduction deficiency, and a double vision. The abducens nerve palsy in a child may be caused by serious neurological diseases such as raised intracranial...
متن کاملNasopharyngeal malignancies causing abducens palsy.
Four patients with nasopharyngeal malignancies were reported. The main symptom was diplopia due to abducens palsy in all patients; it was unilateral in three patients and bilateral in one. Skull tomographic evaluation was valuable for detecting nasopharyngeal malignancies. Histological examination of biopsy specimens from the nasopharynx confirmed these lesions to be squamous cell carcinoma in ...
متن کاملIsolated nontraumatic abducens nerve palsy.
INTRODUCTION Abducens nerve palsy (ANP) is the most common isolated palsy. The injury of the abducens nerve can occur anywhere along its long course, so differential diagnosis of ANP occasionally demands thorough investigation to find the proper cause. PATIENTS Ten patients with isolated ANP are presented. The causes included nasopharyngeal carcinoma, diabetes, cholesteatoma of the inner ear,...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0317-1671,2057-0155
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100047673